10 can’t-miss Open Education Week events

By Laura Ascione

March 29th, 2017

Open education is set to increase at dramatic rates--here are resources to help your institution keep pace.

Open education is changing the way students, faculty and the world view higher education. After all, it has immense potential to help people of all ages and experience levels meet their individual learning goals.

What’s more, the use of open educational resources (OER) could triple in the next five years, according to some predictions. One of the driving forces behind the jump? Students who skip or defer classes due to the price of required textbooks or learning resources.

The group says it wants to highlight how open education can help people meet their goals in education, whether that’s to develop skills and knowledge for work, supporting formal studies, learning something new for personal interest, or looking for additional teaching resources.

Universities, colleges, schools and organizations from across the globe will showcase their efforts to make education more open, free, and available to everyone.

(Next page: 10 Open Education Week resources and events)

Laura Ascione

Laura Ascione is the Managing Editor, Content Services at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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